Chapter 10

10th Reflection


In 200 words write about what you have achieved so far where your English competency is concern.




10th Vocabulary Entry
Read the following article and find the meaning of the words in bold and make sure that the meanings you give are related to the idea in the article.

A prince goes to a Zen master and tells him that he wants to be enlightened—and now! Instead of sending him away, the master says it could be arranged. After finding out from the prince that he plays chess very well, the master sets up a game between the visitor and one of his monks who has just a passing knowledge of chess. The condition is: whoever loses will be beheaded. Predictably, the prince starts dominating the game. Soon, however, his conscience starts to prick: “I had come to this monastery for a selfish purpose, but now I may become the cause of this poor monk’s death.” So, feeling compassionate, he deliberately starts playing badly. But playing well was second nature to him, playing badly needs his entire attention. Neither does he want to play too bad a game to make his real move obvious. His nerves stretched, soon he starts sweating profusely. After some time, the master stops the game. “The first lesson is over,” he tells the prince. “You learnt two things today: compassion and concentration. Now go and hug your chess opponent who made it possible.” 

Chapter 9

9th Reflection

Write your favourite moment and experience with your grandfather / grandmother.  Your story should be more than 250 words.


9th Vocabulary Entry

Find 10 words related to adventure and give the meaning for each word.
For example:
1.  Voyage - The act of traveling normally by sea for a long period of time and distance.

Chapter 8

8th Reflection
Rewrite the following story using only  speech.


8th Vocabulary Entry
Find the meaning of the words in bold and create 1 sentence for each word.

Ella loves music. Her favourite kind of music is rock and roll. She is constantly listening to music on her radio, and her computer is always playing music in her room. Her birthday is coming up in a few weeks and she really wants to see a concert to celebrate it. She has been fantasizing about it daily. Ezra, her boyfriend, has decided to surprise her with tickets for her birthday.

“Ella, I am going to pick you up at eight tomorrow night,” said Ezra. “Great, I will be ready. What are we doing?” asked Ella. “We are going to your favourite restaurant and then I have a surprise for you,” said Ezra. “Great,” thought Ella, “The surprise is undoubtedly a piece of jewellery or something impractical like that.”

                                         

The following day, Ezra arrived at eight to take Ella to diner. They ate at her favourite restaurant and as they were paying the bill Ezra gave her an envelope. “Go on, open it,” said Ezra. “Okay, thank you so much,” countered Ella. She opened the envelope and found two front row tickets to her favourite concert. “Oh wow! Ezra, what a delightful surprise!” she exclaimed.

They left the restaurant and left for the concert. Ella was so excited. They both had a great time at the concert. The band played all of her much-loved songs. Ella and Ezra decided that it was the best birthday celebration she had ever had.